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Scan to explore more in your community Driverless cars tested on the road Hu Yumo A s the first batch of en- terprises attending the Intelligent Connected Vehicle’s road testing, the ICVs from Jiading-based SAIC Motor Co and electric carmaker NIO drove from the E-Zone and carried out a real public road testing on Boyuan Road in An- ting Town earlier this month, which means the ICV with driv- erless at its core is getting closer to people’s real life. The licenses will allow the two companies to test their ICVs on a 5.6-kilometer stretch of public road in Jiading District. Testing features include iden- tification and response to speed limit information, traffic light identification, identification of pedestrian and non-motor vehicle, lane keeping and other functions. The licenses are ef- fective from March 1 to May 29, 2018. “Shanghai is going to further accelerate testing, application, research and development of in- telligent and connected vehicles. The city will seize opportuni- ties, take the initiative to meet challenges, boost innovation and speed up the industrial de- velopment of high-end, electric cars and intelligent vehicles,” said Huang Ou, vice chairman of the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization. “Shanghai will open more roads for testing smart cars,” said Huang. The license came after Baidu boss Robin Li test drove the company’s autonomous vehicle on Beijing’s open roads in July last year, causing controversy as there were no rules regard- ing such a test in the country. Cao Guangyi, political com- missar of the Shanghai traffic police, said police would pur- sue the responsibility of test drivers in cases of road ac- cidents involving smart cars under road tests. The city also released a basic guideline on public road test rules for ICVs. The guideline will help in better regulating and managing road tests of such ve- hicles and meet auto companies’ testing needs on public roads. According to the guideline, auto companies are required to establish a remote monitoring data platform for their testing vehicles, with data being ac- cessed by data platform of a third-party organization. Car- makers need to purchase traffic accident insurance of at least 5 million yuan (US$788,034) per vehicle or have a letter of compensation guaranteeing the same amount. Test driv- ers should have more than 50 hours’ experience of automated driving systems, 40 hours of which must be driving experi- ence for applied projects before testing on public roads. Shanghai is the first city in China to push forward road tests of ICVs from enclosed areas to public roads. Before, testing of such vehicles was allowed only in special closed areas such as the National In- telligent Connected Vehicle Shanghai Pilot Zone. Zhang Cheng, general man- ager of research and advanced technology department of SAIC, said road test will bring tech- nology improvement and boost enterprises’ research and devel- opment level. Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of NIO, said: “The li- cense provides a legal basis for us to test intelligent and con- nected vehicles on public roads. It will also greatly promote our research and development of automated driving system.” Jiading will improve the con- struction of public road testing, providing a more convenient and highly efficient service for research institutions and auto- mobile enterprises. It is expected that the testing road will cover the entire Ant- ing Town in the next phase and speed up to open more testing areas. The government hopes that half of new vehicles will be equipped with driver-assistance features by the end of 2020. Roads to be open for driving tests of intelligent and connected vehicles in Anting Town — Graphics by Shen Xinyi Magnolias welcome the spring Magnolias, the flowers representing the city of Shanghai, are in full bloom near Fahua Pagoda in Jiading to welcome the arrival of warmer weather. As the first batch of flowers to blossom in the early spring, magnolias are loved by Shanghai residents for their light fragrance and delicate colors. — Li Huacheng Tuesday 27 March 2018 Telephone: 5991-6926 5952-7617 Fax: 5991-6275 Email: [email protected] Add: 13/F 1288 Defu Road Produced by Jiading District Shanghai JIADING PEOPLE The Iceman Cometh Li Xiaojun, once ice sculptor at a five-star hotel, recently opened his own studio to devote himself to further study, the cultivation of more professional ice sculptors and promoting the booming art to the public. Page 8 CULTURE Art Of Storytelling Jiading has never lacked quyi artists, the storytellers passing down an oral record of the past from generation to generation. Jiading has been known as a “town of quyi ,” and can boast a strong group of such artists. Page 4-5

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Driverless cars tested on the road Hu Yumo

As the first batch of en-terprises attending the Intelligent Connected Vehicle’s road testing,

the ICVs from Jiading-based SAIC Motor Co and electric carmaker NIO drove from the E-Zone and carried out a real public road testing on Boyuan Road in An-ting Town earlier this month, which means the ICV with driv-erless at its core is getting closer to people’s real life.

The licenses will allow the two companies to test their ICVs on a 5.6-kilometer stretch of public road in Jiading District.

Testing features include iden-tification and response to speed limit information, traffic light identification, identification of pedestrian and non-motor vehicle, lane keeping and other functions. The licenses are ef-fective from March 1 to May 29, 2018.

“Shanghai is going to further accelerate testing, application, research and development of in-telligent and connected vehicles. The city will seize opportuni-ties, take the initiative to meet challenges, boost innovation and speed up the industrial de-velopment of high-end, electric cars and intelligent vehicles,” said Huang Ou, vice chairman of the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization.

“Shanghai will open more

roads for testing smart cars,” said Huang.

The license came after Baidu boss Robin Li test drove the company’s autonomous vehicle on Beijing’s open roads in July last year, causing controversy as there were no rules regard-ing such a test in the country.

Cao Guangyi, political com-missar of the Shanghai traffic police, said police would pur-sue the responsibility of test drivers in cases of road ac-cidents involving smart cars under road tests.

The city also released a basic guideline on public road test rules for ICVs. The guideline will

help in better regulating and managing road tests of such ve-hicles and meet auto companies’ testing needs on public roads.

According to the guideline, auto companies are required to establish a remote monitoring data platform for their testing vehicles, with data being ac-cessed by data platform of a third-party organization. Car-makers need to purchase traffic accident insurance of at least 5 million yuan (US$788,034) per vehicle or have a letter of compensation guaranteeing the same amount. Test driv-ers should have more than 50 hours’ experience of automated

driving systems, 40 hours of which must be driving experi-ence for applied projects before testing on public roads.

Shanghai is the first city in China to push forward road tests of ICVs from enclosed areas to public roads. Before, testing of such vehicles was allowed only in special closed areas such as the National In-telligent Connected Vehicle Shanghai Pilot Zone.

Zhang Cheng, general man-ager of research and advanced technology department of SAIC, said road test will bring tech-nology improvement and boost enterprises’ research and devel-opment level.

Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of NIO, said: “The li-cense provides a legal basis for us to test intelligent and con-nected vehicles on public roads. It will also greatly promote our research and development of automated driving system.”

Jiading will improve the con-struction of public road testing, providing a more convenient and highly efficient service for research institutions and auto-mobile enterprises.

It is expected that the testing road will cover the entire Ant-ing Town in the next phase and speed up to open more testing areas. The government hopes that half of new vehicles will be equipped with driver-assistance features by the end of 2020.

Roads to be open for driving tests of intelligent and connected vehicles in Anting Town — Graphics by Shen Xinyi

Magnolias •welcome the springMagnolias, the flowers representing the city of Shanghai, are in full bloom near Fahua Pagoda in Jiading to welcome the arrival of warmer weather. As the first batch of flowers to blossom in the early spring, magnolias are loved by Shanghai residents for their light fragrance and delicate colors. — Li Huacheng

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PEOPLEThe Iceman Cometh Li Xiaojun, once ice sculptor at a five-star hotel, recently opened his own studio to devote himself to further study, the cultivation of more professional ice sculptors and promoting the booming art to the public. Page 8

CULTUREArt Of Storytelling Jiading has never lacked quyi artists, the storytellers passing down an oral record of the past from generation to generation. Jiading has been known as a “town of quyi,” and can boast a strong group of such artists. Page 4-5